Read some of the articles about linguistic profiling
provided. How would you describe the tone: Any hint of an
ideological leaning in one direction or another?
Can you recall any instances of linguistic profiling over the
phone? Judgments made about the stranger on the other
end? Reactions?Notes
1 Hereafter referred to as Prop 14/1963 to distinguish from a later
Proposition, also numbered 14.
2 The Equal Protection clause of the 14th Amendment requires that State
governments provide equal protection under the law to all people
within its jurisdiction, regardless of race or other protected category.
3 This is found within the Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD).
4 The website is:
http://portal.hud.gov/portal/page/portal/HUD/program_offices/fair_ho
using_equal_opp.
5 On the one hand this seems like a deceptively easy question, but in fact
it is complicated by the possibility of racist applications. In the
suggested readings at the end of this section there are a number of
articles which explore linguistic profiling within the context of the law
and court system.
6 According to Purnell et al. (1999):
This procedure of anonymity parallels legally approved practices of
testers used by the Department of Housing and Urban Development
and similar organizations when suspecting discriminating practices
by landlords (e.g., City of Chicago v. Matchmaker Real Estate Sales
Center, 1992; Johnson v. Jerry Pals Real Estate, 1973; United States v.
Youritan Construction Company, 1975).Suggested Further Reading